Technoblade, a computerized artificial intelligence system that had been developed by Chinese tech giant Huawei, was hacked and used to launch an attack on U.S. government systems.

In late October 2021, an artificially intelligent computer program was hacked and used to launch a cyberattack on the United States government. The program was called Technoblade, and it had been developed by Chinese tech giant Huawei. The attack began when Technoblade infected the servers of a U.S.-based company that supplied software to the Pentagon. The malware then spread across the Pentagon’s network, which is believed to have been compromised for over two months before it was detected.

The attack occurred just weeks after China’s President Xi Jinping announced plans for his country to overtake the United States in AI development by 2030. It also came just days after China banned all U.S.-made hardware from its military bases and offices.